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Forgotten child drawing found in Italy could be an undiscovered Manet work

A small red chalk drawing of a crouching child has emerged from a private collection in northern Italy, and specialists believe it came from the hand of Édouard Manet, the nineteenth-century French painter who helped launch modern art. The sheet had sat quietly in obscurity, with no scholar studying it,…

The Times of India · Oct 20

Two Renoir Paintings Discarded in Garden Dirt as French Police Chase Riviera Museum Burglars

Four Renoir paintings are stolen from a French Riviera museum, but two are abandoned in the garden as police arrive. Two priceless works remain missing.

International Business Times UK · Sep 9

OPINION - Why is Trinity College Cambridge so silent about one of its portraits being destroyed by Palestine Action?

On March 8, an unnamed woman, part of a group called Palestine Action, attacked a painting of Lord Balfour at Trinity College, Cambridge. (Balfour studied there from 1866-69: this must be the connection). She cut it seven times with a knife and sprayed red paint over Balfour’s face. All this…

Evening Standard · Jun 17, 2024

How one artist took on the Sacklers and shook their reputation in the art world

A new documentary All The Beauty and the Bloodshed tells the story of Nan Goldin, a photographer and activist who survived opioid addiction — then challenged members of the Sackler family.

WEKU · Dec 5, 2022

March design news: celebrating council houses and the vulva spaceship

Reviving great 80s artists, a history of queer spaces and bringing new life to a stately home

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2022